23Application for permit in respect of surrendered blocks, &c.

23 Application for permit in respect of surrendered blocks, &c. (a) a lease is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or blocks; (aa) a licence is surrendered or cancelled as to a block or blocks; or (b) a permit is surrendered, cancelled or determined as to a block or blocks and, at the time of the surrender, cancellation or determination, the block was, or the blocks were, included in, a location, the Minister may, at any subsequent time by notice in the Gazette, invite applications for the grant of a permit in respect of that block or such of those blocks as is or are specified in the notice and specify a period within which applications may be made. (4) An application under this section: (c) shall be accompanied by the particulars referred to in section 21(1)(d); (d) shall specify an amount that the applicant is prepared to pay to the Minister, in addition to the fee referred to in section 24(1)(a), in respect of the grant of a permit to him on the application; and (e) may set out any other matters that the applicant wishes the

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 23 (5) The Minister may, at any time, by notice in writing served on an applicant, require him to furnish, within the time specified in the notice, further information in writing in connection with his